Just Been Fined 1000Bht For Flicking A Cig End On The Floor!

[Chittychangchang]

Unbelievable- I was outside an office in Bangkok today when i got a tap on the shoulder and a telling of and fine by to police officers.

Even though one of them was smoking and there was cig ends all over the floor.

What could i do in the face of obvious extortion, i paid.

As anybody else had experiences similar to this? And what have they done?

[Holysteel]

did they give u an official receipt ?

[wellred]

This is why Thailand can never host the Olympics.

[cmbe]

I think it was 2,000 baht many years ago, (+side of thinking you already got 50% discount) so be happy, it is not new I heard other peoples have had also experience as you.

[Mossfinn]

Did you not think to put it in a bin?

It is rubbish isn't it?

[notmyself]

Don't litter and save money.

[Mossfinn]

Throwing litter and being responsible for Thailand not hosting the Olympics, I hope you feel guilty

[KeyserSoze01]

The official fine is 200 baht, when they want to enforce it. When they see farang, you pay the farang price. As someone else noted, it's usually 2000 baht, so consider today your lucky day!!!

[bkkbrad]

It's your own fault for littering..just because others had discarded their cigarettes on the floor doesn't mean you had to..so zero sympathy from me.

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[endure]

"Unbelievable- I was outside an office in Bangkok today when i got a tap on the shoulder and a telling of and fine by to police officers.

Even though one of them was smoking and there was cig ends all over the floor."

So if someone else commits murder it's ok for you to do it too?

[mca]

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Edited August 13, 2012 by mca

[GuestHouse]

With 150,000 outstanding arrest warrants needing attention!

[Daewoo]

hahaha sucker...

a BiB favourite.... you know that you actually did the wrong thing, so you know that you can't argue against it... and they know that you know, so they know you will pay...

paying 5 or 10 times the fine is the scam part...

do the right thing next time, no probrem...

[wannascuba]

There is a very popular farang tactic to counter this. It is called "Cat And Mouse with The Cops". You can find this thread on TV.

[skybluestu]

1000 baht isn't much compared to fines dished out for similar offences in other capital cities!

[LennyW]

Consider yourself lucky, 2000 baht is the official fine. Hopefully it will teach you to stop being a minker!

[samran]

What to do? Don't litter for starters.

Ask for an official fine if caught. Generally much cheaper. The 1000 baht is part extortion part stupid moron tax for believing that you have to pay it.

[Ulysses G.]

It's your own fault for littering..just because others had discarded their cigarettes on the floor doesn't mean you had to..so zero sympathy from me.

To many smokers think that it is a human right to throw dirty, discusting cigarette butts any where they like. It is not.

[LennyW]

[JUDAS]

It's your own fault for littering..just because others had discarded their cigarettes on the floor doesn't mean you had to..so zero sympathy from me.

To many smokers think that it is a human right to throw dirty, discusting cigarette butts any where they like. It is not.

I'm a smoker and never throw a cigarette butt on the ground. If I have to I'll put the butt in pocket/packet until I can find a rubbish bin. It really irritates me that some smokers don't consider butts as litter and think they can throw it anywhere. I wonder if the same people would complain if they saw someone casually discard a sandwich wrapper on the ground.

[payak]

unbelievable, the terrible thai police that we alwayscomplain about did there job, bastards.

[giddyup]

unbelievable, the terrible thai police that we alwayscomplain about did there job, bastards.

No they didn't. They just singled out one falang because there was money to be made.

[lomatopo]

As anybody else had experiences similar to this? And what have they done?

This subject has come up hundreds of times here over the years. My recollections based on reading a handful of the hundred or so threads and thousands of posts:

It is BMA aka "sidewalk" police, rather than RTP.

The official littering fine is 2,000 baht. Some negotiate down to 200 ~ 500 baht, others simply have walked away feigning misunderstanding.

Some recommend looking around for these BMA Police, and being aware of the situation. Some reports indicate the BMA Police have gotten quite sophisticated and aggressive of late, even using two-way radios and tracking foreigners observed smoking. Obviously they assume foreigners can afford the fines, and most Thais who could afford them seem to generally not litter.

Others recommend not littering, and even carrying the remains of your detritus to prove innocence.

FWIW, there was a shakedown video of some Swedish female tourists near MBK on the BTS walk-way which caused some blowback.

Edited August 14, 2012 by lomatopo

[pauljones]

These officers lurk outside office buildings and shopping centers, waiting for a farang to light up. They stalk these farangs like prey until they discard the butt onto the filthy footpath or sewer. The lack of trash bins makes this a very lucrative operation.

About a dozen of these 'police' work the hotel district on Sukhumvit.

Each one bring in about 6,000Bt per hour.

That's over 500,000 per shift.

Similar operations are run on Silom, Kow San, Grand Palace, etc.

These guy make more then the police that run the jet ski scam.

[chrisinth]

This is why Thailand can never host the Olympics.

If they distribute ash trays around the track and at the side of the swimming pools, etc, they should be OK......................

[Bangkokhatter]

I have been caught once and as people point out the fine is 2000 baht, there are signs stating this. Scam or not, bottom line is don't put your butt on the floor and you won't pay any money.

[chris2004]

Good. You should have been fined 2,000 baht. Maybe next time you won't litter the environment.

[Naam]

This is why Thailand can never host the Olympics.

because it's a well known fact that athletes smoke and litter the floors with cigarette butts.

[nocturn]

yep, even as a smoker, i believe you deserved what you got.

The fact that the cop was smoking, and there were cigarettes on the ground are irrelevant unless the cop dropped his cigarette to write you the fine.

The fact that there were cigarette butts all over the ground is just an indicator that the law in that area should be strongly enforced.

If your logic is carried forward i can honestly say i am happy i don't have to share my favorite beach or hiking trail with you, one piece litter comes in to view and its open season to do same.

the fact that you didn't stand up for yourself and demand a receipt is a bonus in my estimation, though hardly justified.

[LennyW]

I have been caught once and as people point out the fine is 2000 baht, there are signs stating this. Scam or not, bottom line is don't put your butt on the floor and you won't pay any money.

Certainly no scam, quite the opposite, the guilty offender got the gift of a half price fine.